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Murphy Prospect

Occurrence in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092280
MRDS ID M008815
Record type Site
Current site name Murphy Prospect
Related records 10163382

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.54279, 40.21652 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alderpoint(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Eel(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 003S 006E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.54279, 40.21652
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dave Murphy

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 20 TONS OF RATHER SILICEOUS ORE IN SIGHT ON ONE OUTCROP, THE ONLY ONE ON WHICH FURTHER PROSPECTING WOULD BE JUSTIFIED

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DEVELOPMENTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152, 1950, P. 71

  • Deposit

    USBM R.I. 5579, P. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS 1/2 MI. SO. OF ALDERPOINT- ROAD ACCORDING TO LOCATION IN BULL. 152 AND MAYBE IN SEC. 19 RATHER THAN 7 AS DESCRIBED. SILICEOUS PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE. SEVERAL SIMILAR VEINS WITHIN 1/2 MI.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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